The World Sequence of Poker Circuit at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina wrapped-up its August sequence with a repeat champion and an area who received her first two rings in lower than every week.
Dean of NC
Donovan Dean is the 2024 $1,700 WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Fundamental Occasion Champion. That makes Dean a two-time Circuit Fundamental Occasion champ at Harrah’s Cherokee. He received the identical occasion in 2022 for a lifetime greatest $356,952, which beat this week’s rating by about $30,000.
It’s the person from Alabama’s third ring and brings his lifetime complete up over the $1.7 million mark.
The three-day occasion introduced in 1,451 entries who generated a prize pool $2,198,265. Dean entered the ultimate desk as chip chief, and stayed on the prime because the event churned to a end. A self-described aggressive participant, he took benefit of his stack to bully his method via the pay-jumps.
“It’s all the time good to return out on prime. That’s what you play for. I got here in with essentially the most chips. I simply put as a lot strain as doable,” he advised WSOP reporters afterwards. “I in all probability have extra success as a result of I play tremendous aggressive. So the cash means extra to different individuals, in order that they, , play tighter. I can play tremendous aggressively, and it helps decide up extra chips.”
All of the chips, that’s.
Susan Faber takes two
After which there’s Susan Faber, the CPA out of Mint Hill, N.C., who received her first two WSOP Circuit rings inside every week at Harrah’s Cherokee. They’ll look nice subsequent to the WSOP bracelet she received within the $500 Salute to Warriors occasion in 2019.
She first received $33,493 and her first ring by outlasting a discipline of 305 within the $500 no-limit contest. Heads-up, she needed to face WSOP Circuit famous person Maurice Hawkins, a person who solely sits one ring behind the all-time chief, Ari Engel, who has 16. Faber was conscious of the importance of denying Hawkins his share of the highest of the WSOP Circuit victory leaderboard.
“Oh it was great. Particularly that I beat Maurice,” she advised WSOP reporters. “He was actually fairly calm, and I believe he performed it fairly straight. I don’t suppose he tried to bluff me lots.”
Faber adopted up her victory with one other within the $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo occasion 4 days later for $21,484. She was the final of 174 entrants standing, which put her almost speechless.
“That is great,” she stated afterwards, as the gang chanted her title.
The 2 Circuit rings pushed Faber over the $315,000 lifetime tourney mark. The three victories in WSOP occasions are her solely wins, in accordance with the Hendon Mob.
The WSOP Circuit continues its 2024/25 season at Graton Resort close to Santa Rosa, Calif., Aug. 15-26.
